Roma and The Favourite were the biggest winners at the 2019 BAFTAs. Another awards season is winding down to a close and in the build up to the Oscars later this month, all of the key Academy Award precursors are weighing in with their choices for the best of 2018 in film. Over the past month, cinephiles have seen the Golden Globes, Critics’ Choice Awards, Producers Guild Awards, Screen Actors Guild Awards, and Directors Guild Awards hand out their trophies, and now it’s time for the British Film Academy to unveil their winners.
Anyone who’s been following the 2019 awards circuit know this has been one of the most unpredictable races in recent memory. With multiple films claiming big wins, there’s still no undisputed frontrunner for Best Picture, even though the Oscars are two weeks away (as of this writing). The BAFTA winners don’t always translate perfectly to the Academy Awards (last year, Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri won Best Film at BAFTA), but this will still provide film buffs with some fun results to dissect as they try to predict how the Oscars will unfold.
Read on for the full list of 2019 BAFTA winners - and let us know in the comments if any of your favorites took home the top prizes!
Best Film
- BlacKkKlansman The Favourite Green Book WINNER: Roma A Star is Born
Leading Actress
- Glenn Close - The Wife Lady Gaga - A Star is Born Melissa McCarthy - Can You Ever Forgive Me? WINNER: Olivia Colman - The Favourite Viola Davis - Widows
Leading Actor
- Bradley Cooper - A Star is Born Christian Bale - Vice WINNER: Rami Malek - Bohemian Rhapsody Steve Coogan - Stan & Ollie Viggo Mortensen - Green Book
Director
- Spike Lee - BlacKkKlansman Pawel Pawlikowski - Cold War Yorgos Lanthimos - The Favourite WINNER: Alfonso Cuarón - Roma Bradley Cooper - A Star is Born
Costume Design
- The Ballad of Buster Scruggs Bohemian Rhapsody WINNER: The Favourite Mary Poppins Returns Mary Queen of Scots
Film Not In The English Language
- Capernaum Cold War Dogman WINNER: Roma Shoplifters
Special Visual Effects
- Avengers: Infinity War WINNER: Black Panther Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald First Man Ready Player One
Outstanding Debut By A British Writer, Director, or Producer
- Apostasy - Daniel Kokotajlo WINNER: Beast - Michael Pearce, Lauren Dark A Cambodian Spring - Chris Kelly Pili - Leanne Welham, Sophie Harman Ray & Liz - Richard Billingham, Jacqui Davies
Cinematography
- Bohemian Rhapsody Cold War The Favourite First Man WINNER: Roma
Supporting Actor
- Adam Driver - BlacKkKlansman WINNER: Mahershala Ali - Green Book Richard E. Grant - Can You Ever Forgive Me? Sam Rockwell - Vice Timotheé Chalamet - Beautiful Boy
Original Screenplay
- Cold War WINNER: The Favourite Green Book Roma Vice
Original Music
- BlacKkKlansman If Beale Street Could Talk Isle of Dogs Mary Poppins Returns WINNER: A Star is Born
Adapted Screenplay
- WINNER: BlacKkKlansman Can You Ever Forgive Me? First Man If Beale Street Could Talk A Star is Born
Rising Star
- Jessie Buckley Cynthia Erivo Barry Keoghan Lakeith Stanfield WINNER: Letitia Wright
Supporting Actress
- Amy Adams - Vice Claire Foy - First Man Emma Stone - The Favourite Margot Robbie - Mary Queen of Scots WINNER: Rachel Weisz - The Favourite
Makeup & Hair
- Bohemian Rhapsody WINNER: The Favourite Mary Queen of Scots Stan & Ollie Vice
Editing
- Bohemian Rhapsody The Favourite First Man Roma WINNER: Vice
Sound
- WINNER: Boheman Rhapsody First Man Mission: Impossible - Fallout A Quiet Place A Star is Born
British Short Film
- WINNER: 73 Cows Bachelor, 38 The Blue Door The Field Wale
Production Design
- Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald WINNER: The Favourite First Man Mary Poppins Returns Roma
Animated Film
- Incredibles 2 Isle of Dogs WINNER: Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse
Outstanding British Film
- Beast Bohemian Rhapsody WINNER: The Favourite McQueen Stan & Ollie You Were Never Really Here
With four wins, Alfonso Cuarón’s Roma had a big night, further solidifying its status as the one to beat this year. Previously, Roma won Best Picture and Director at the Critics’ Choice Awards, and Cuarón earned Best Director honors at the DGA. It’s worth mentioning that no foreign language film has ever won Best Picture at the Oscars, but it’s becoming increasingly likely Roma will be the one to break that glass ceiling. Even if it doesn’t, Netflix has to be thrilled with the way things turned out. Roma’s sheer number of accolades legitimized the streaming giant as a bona fide player on the awards circuit, potentially changing the game longterm. Netflix has some projects in the pipeline that could be Best Picture contenders (Martin Scorsese’s The Irishman among them), so Roma’s success is noteworthy for multiple reasons.
Elsewhere, Yorgos Lanthimos’ The Favourite took home the most awards, tallying seven wins in total. Given the film’s subject matter (it’s set in 18th century England), it isn’t surprising the British Academy took kindly to the offbeat costume drama. Coincidentally, The Favourite tied Roma for the most nominations at the 2019 Academy Awards (10), so it’ll be interesting to see if it has any luck with the Oscars. Also of note is BlacKkKlansman taking home Best Adapted Screenplay, its first major win at the precursors. Spike Lee’s hard-hitting drama has a sleeper’s chance of pulling off a Best Picture upset, so securing a BAFTA was huge.
